The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 43

Good morning everyone and welcome once again to Ballinwillin House Farm. I had a beautiful day of rest yesterday and spent a large part of the afternoon walking the fields and admiring nature and the animals. Today I want you all to say a prayer and a thought for all the people who are exhausted, be it nurses, doctors, gardai, everyone on the front line and also the people and families who are confines to restricted accommodation, students, teenagers, children - it is affecting us all. Exhaustion and stress take hold when the rhythm becomes hectic and at times takes on strain until it reaches breaking point and all unattended stress fall in on your soul like an endless and increasing weight. The light of your mind becomes dim and issues that you would normally take in your stride is now closing you down. This is where your breathing comes in. Focus on your breath, in and out slowly and repeatedly for as long as it takes to bring you slowly back to calmness. Calmness can claim you into it’s being of caring arms once again. Gradually you will return to yourself and you will feel a new and returned warmth in your beating heart and the joy that dwells in you and in us all will light up again. If we nourish the spirit in silence through meditation and prayer wee will enable our true spirit to enfold and as our spirit unfolds, we can grow to be our better and true selves. Remember only the heart knows how to find what is precious.

Continue to pray, bless and heal each other as it will guide us back to the future like a lamp at our feet in the dark night.

The Mindful Farmer

Patrick